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North Carolina’s Avett Brothers play acoustic music that has roots in traditional folk and bluegrass, but also captures the high spirits and no-boundaries attitude of rock & roll, which is appropriate, since rock is where Scott Avett and Seth Avett cut their teeth as musicians. While siblings Scott (vocals and banjo) and Seth (vocals and guitar) started making music together as kids, their group’s genesis begins when they were members of a rock band called Nemo, which gigged regularly in Greenville, NC. Looking for another outlet for their musical ideas, the Avetts began getting together with likeminded friends (most notably Nemo guitarist John Twomey) on Tuesdays for acoustic guitar pulls, where they’d share a few drinks and swap songs. As time passed, the weekly get-together became a semi-public event, with the pickers busking for the enjoyment of passers-by. The Avett Brothers recently released The Second Gleam, six new songs offered with the natural lyrical clarity and honest delivery that has become synonymous with their name.